Released on: January 10, 2008, 7:39 pm

Press Release Author: ITVS Community Cinema Georgia

Industry: Media

Press Release Summary: Community preview screenings of acclaimed documentary
BANISHED followed by a post-screening discussion. There is no charge to attend this
event and is open to the public.

Saturday, January 19, 2008
5:00 p.m.
MLK National Historic Site, 450 Auburn Ave, Atlanta, GA 30312.


Press Release Body: WHAT: Community preview screenings of acclaimed documentary
BANISHED followed by a post-screening discussion. There is no charge to attend this
event and is open to the public.

How did three U.S. town make African Americans disappear? Marco Williams,
award-winning filmmaker of TWO TOWNS OF JASPER, visits some of the whitest counties
in the country to confront the legacy of "banishment" - a wave of racial purging
that tore through the South 100 years ago. Williams sits down with KKK leaders,
white residents of these all white communities, as well as descendants of the
banished alike, opening the wounds of history. Will he help these communities heal?
Is reconciliation possible? Or reparations? Or both?

The January 19th screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Marco
Williams. Williams is a faculty member at New York University's Tisch School of the
Arts in their Undergraduate Film and Television Department. An award-winning
documentary and fiction film director, Williams' directing credits include: BANISHED
(2007), FREEDOM SUMMER (2006), MLK BOULEVARD: THE CONCRETE DREAM (2003) and TWO
TOWNS OF JASPER (2002).

WHO: Independent Lens, ITVS, Decatur Library, Hands On Atlanta, Urban Media Makers,
SankofaSpirit,
National Parks Service - MLK National Historic Site

WHEN: Saturday, January 19, 2008
5:00 p.m.
MLK National Historic Site, 450 Auburn Ave, Atlanta, GA 30312.

Encore presentation
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
7:00-9:00 PM
Decatur Library, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA 30030.
Note: Marco Williams will not be at this screening.

Both screenings are open to the public, provided at no charge as a community service.

2007-2008 SEASON SCHEDULE
January 22 BANISHED - The story of three counties that forcefully banished
African-American families from their towns
February 26 IRON LADIES OF LIBERIA - A behind-the-scenes portrayal of Africa's
first freely elected female head of state
March 25 KING CORN - Recent college grads plant a single acre of corn and follow its
journey to America's tables
April 22 A DREAM IN DOUBT - America's first post-9/11 hate crime murder, as told
through the eyes of his brother
May 20 NEW YEAR BABY -



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Web Site:
http://http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/OQPIFRGZZKRVZQAPGREH/marcowilliams

Contact Details: Johanna Brown
ITVS Community Cinema - Georgia
PO Box 93852
Atlanta, GA 30377
404-243-0375